The Football.....

[cambsno]

We had done well to get here granted, but Southgates big failing was using subs,

We dominated the game for the 1st half - excellent. So Italy decided to make some changes and affect the game. They did from 60 mins in. we did not react.

We left it far too late to change the game and were on the back foot from 60 mins onwards.

To put Saka on when Sancho was so good in previous game was crazy, He did nothing. To not put Grealish on till too late was crazy. To then make 2 changes with 1 min left was crazy, and expect them to score.

Overall disappointed. We did great to get here but let down with very poor game management from 45m onwards.

 

[Rusty Nails]

Huge pressure to put on Rashford and Sancho to be put on for the last two minutes, without any time to get into the game, just for the penalty shootout.

Where were the more senior players in the team?

 

[cambsno]

Huge pressure to put on Rashford and Sancho to be put on for the last two minutes, without any time to get into the game, just for the penalty shootout.

Where were the more senior players in the team?

Poor management!

 

[Edwardoka]

Penalties are a skill of the game. You never see anyone saying "Oh there shouldn't be a penalty after a hand ball in the box, it's a total lottery"

Right, but penalties for fouling are a part of the main game flow and can be avoided by... not fouling
Plus, as soon as the kick is taken, the clock is running and the ball is back in play.

Whereas penalty shootouts are a binary thing, it completely ceases to be a team game, heaping all the pressure - and scorn for failure - onto individual players.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

 

[jowwy]

You're only showing your petulance. Being in the final itself was a great achievement. Every other competitor would have happily took a place in the final. People dreamed about winning. What the heck is wrong with that!?

How am i showing petulance??? But they didnt win and they have to accept that. Collect your medal and wear it with pride, not show arrogance by removing it

 

[jowwy]

Huge pressure to put on Rashford and Sancho to be put on for the last two minutes, without any time to get into the game, just for the penalty shootout.

Where were the more senior players in the team?

Senior players were removed……..only youngsters left on the pitch to be fair

 

[HMS_Dave]

How am i showing petulance??? But they didnt win and they have to accept that. Collect your medal and wear it with pride, not show arrogance by removing it

Do you know the exact reason why they did? Because it certainly doesn't seem in the spirit in which the team have conducted themselves in the tournament to assume it's because they being disrespectful.

 

[srj10]

Harry maguire talking nonsense post match interview!

 

[Rusty Nails]

Senior players were removed……..only youngsters left on the pitch to be fair

Sterling, Shaw? And although Grealish is a fairly new international he is not that young.

 

[vickster]

Do you know the exact reason why they did? Because it certainly doesn't seem in the spirit in which the team have conducted themselves in the tournament to assume it's because they being disrespectful.

Upset, pissed off, don’t want to be reminded they’ve just lost? Can’t see why that’s arrogance?

 

[gavroche]

I am not an England supporter but you must give credit to Southgates: he has done what no other manager has managed to do in the last 55 years.
He got England in the final of a major tournament and has a decent team for the future.

 

[Rusty Nails]

Sadly the practice of taking off runner-up medals is all too common across football and rugby, not just internationals but other cup tournaments.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Doesn't Grealish take the penalties for his club?

 

[srj10]

Special mention for the ref, don't think he was fooled once by all the diving and playacting nonsense.









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